Getting Past the Highlight: How to Teach RI.1 and Help Students Identify Strong Textual Evidence
We’ve all seen students randomly highlighting sentences, hoping they’ve found “evidence.” After starting RI.1 with my recent gallery walk activity, I realized students needed explicit modeling, clear examples, and structured scaffolding to understand and apply the standard effectively. Explicit vs. Implicit: Understanding Strong Textual Evidence RI.1 isn’t just about finding evidence—it’s about differentiating between explicit…